I\u2019ll admit it: I had my problems with Jury Duty: Company Retreat<\/a><\/em>. Unlike Ronald Gladden<\/a>\u2019s jury proceedings in the original Prime Video comedy series<\/a>, our new unsuspecting contestant didn\u2019t hold any real agency in this story. Anthony Norman is simply a temp worker for Rockin\u2019 Grandma’s Hot Sauce company. He’s mostly trying to keep his job by agreeing with whatever someone in power told him\u2014or just staying silent entirely. But in the finale, Jury Duty<\/em> season 2 finally created a scenario where Anthony could go all in.<\/p>\n After the company\u2019s fake CEO failson Dougie Jr. (Alex Bonifer) ruins a presentation for a new hot sauce flavor, Anthony and the other Rockin\u2019 Grandma’s employees race off to stop Doug Womack Sr. (Jerry Hauck) from selling the company to an evil corporation that’s planning to gut the entire family operation. Pre-planned situations\u2014like Dougie trekking through muddy water and losing his shoe\u2014prevent him from reaching the goal. So, Anthony must run in and stop the sale by himself. It\u2019s Anthony\u2019s first real chance to prove that he\u2019s fully invested in this farce. <\/p>\n In a rare scene of pure, wholesome heroics that tie the entire season together, he bolts in and grabs the pen out of Doug Sr.\u2019s hand. With full sincerity in his words, he tells his boss that he\u2019s interrupting the meeting because he\u2019s \u201clooking out for the people that have looked out for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Mind you, Jury Duty: Company Retreat <\/em>is also a comedy. So, when Anthony follows up his declaration to save the company within the show\u2019s conceived world-building, it\u2019s impossible not to laugh during this (arguably) brave moment. \u201cThey\u2019re gonna sell the Monzano Pepper Farm and make it a residential area,\u201d Anthony says, deadly serious. Of course, neither the greedy corporation nor the Monzano Pepper Farm exist. But when the prospective buyer asks Doug Sr. if he\u2019s \u201creally gonna listen to the temp?\u201d Anthony repeats the line to Doug Sr.\u2019s face and directly challenges him to do the right thing. \u201cI leave in two days,” he says. “I have no dog in this fight. I care about ya\u2019ll.\u201d <\/p>\n Just as Jury Duty <\/em>designed it, Anthony steps up and saves the day. <\/p>\n Anthony Norman (left) and Ronald Gladden (right) finally meet in the finale. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n The finale\u2014just like last season\u2014is the best episode of the series. It\u2019s not only the moment when Anthony finds out that none of this was real, but we’re also treated to the crew\u2019s grand reveal about how they pulled it off. \u201cI\u2019ve been saying this whole time: ‘I feel like I\u2019m living in a TV show,’\u201d Anthony says, shocked. Even when he finds out that everyone is an actor, he still doesn\u2019t believe it. \u201cEven Marjorie?\u201d he asks. Yes, Marjorie too. \u201cAnd this isn\u2019t your dad?\u201d he asks Bonifer. Sorry Anthony, no. <\/p>\n Still, the best part of the finale is in episode 9\u2014which, I believe, was a secret additional drop that Prime Video had not announced prior. The episode documents Anthony\u2019s meeting with the only person who can understand what he just went through: Ronald Gladden, the mark from season 1. <\/p>\n “Just accepting that nothing was real would hit me in waves,” Gladden says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n These two gullible galoots are about to be tricked again, of course. Jury Duty <\/em>reveals that the diner they\u2019re meeting in is filled with actors and cameras. It\u2019s a cute, though unnecessary, second prank. But to my surprise, the pair even go on to impress me past the point when James Marsden finally shows up to congratulate them.<\/p>\n In an honest conversation about the show, Ronald and Anthony both admit that they still feel immense modesty about their experiences. Though they were told that they\u2019re good, heroic people at the end of their time on the show, they still contribute anything Jury Duty <\/em>says about the last remaining goodness of humanity to the masterminds behind the cameras. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to take any credit,\u201d Anthony says. Ronald replies, \u201cI just had the luxury of being myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.esquire.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ll admit it: I had my problems with Jury Duty: Company Retreat. 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